An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-03-07
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Ivana Bacik (LAB), Dublin Bay South

The revelations in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night told us that parents who are desperate for diagnostic assessments for their children are being exploited by people who call themselves psychologists but who do not have any real qualifications. This is nothing new, but the failure to regulate the use of the title "psychologist" has caused considerable distress to many. When is the Government proposing to take action to address this issue? The Labour Party has campaigned for years for the registration and regulation of psychologists and of bogus crisis pregnancy agencies that seek to exploit vulnerable women. Unfortunately, this has been going on far too long. I would like to know what the Government proposes to do about it in light of the new revelations in last night's "RTÉ Investigates" programme.

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Sitting date: 2023-03-07